ISBN:
9789004246072
,
9789004274556
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 281 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
The Ottoman Empire and its heritage 56
Series Statement:
The Ottoman Empire and its heritage
Dissertation note:
Zugl.: Chicago, St. Mary's College, Diss., 2006
DDC:
949.61/8015
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800
;
Police History 18th century
;
Internal security History 18th century
;
Selim, III. 〈Osmanisches Reich, Sultan〉 *1761-1808*
;
Istanbul
;
Gesellschaftsleben
;
Brauchtum
;
Turkey History Selim III, 1789-1807
;
Istanbul (Turkey) Social life and customs 18th century
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Selim III. Osmanisches Reich, Sultan 1762-1808
;
Istanbul
;
Gesellschaftsleben
;
Brauch
;
Geschichte 1800
Description / Table of Contents:
The eighteenth century: defining the crisis -- Rebellion, migration and fear of crime in the "well-protected" city -- Migration and public order -- Customary state policies and mechanisms of control -- Maintaining order in the city: urban police and law enforcement agencies -- Istanbul's economy and population at the end of the eighteenth century -- Natural disasters and epidemics -- Wartime crisis and the new order: the policing of istanbul, 1789-92 -- Accession of the "reformist" sultan -- Defining the new order -- Life in Istanbul and the demand for order -- "A sweet fountain is always crowded" -- Investigations and surveillance of the population -- Legal theory and the justice of the sultan -- The inspection registers of 1791-93 -- Observations on the kefalet registers -- Exploration of the register using correspondence analysis -- Economic activity in intra-muros Istanbul according to the register -- Janissaries, immigrant networks and the inspectors -- About coffeehouses and Janissaries.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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